Astrophotography

Astrophotography

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It's all about astrophotography.

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This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz.

This image shows the Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 & NGC 4039), 60 million light-years away in Corvus. These galaxies are in the process of merging, creating tidal tails and bursts of star formation from their gravitational interaction. Photo Credit: Robert Gendler

Do you think you're sitting still right now? - You're on a planet that orbitis a star at 30km/s - That star is orbiting the center of a galaxy at 230km/s - That galaxy is moving trough the universe at 600km/s. Since you started reading this, you have traveled about 3000km.

Just below Orion's 'belt' you can see the Orion nebula, also called Messier 42. This nebula is visible to the naked eye. It is 1,344 light-years away and is the closest region of massive star formation to Earth. The Mayans considered this nebula as a cosmic fire of creation, which is correct.

Gorgeous! The Elephant Trunk Nebula: a dense, elongated cloud of gas inside a bright cluster of stars also known as IC 1396. The trunk conceals many young protostars that are in the process of forming (Credit: T.A. Rector and WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)